Weird from Coast to Coast 4 Greetings from Blucifer 6 Racetrack Mythology 8 A Whale on Route 66 10 Cadillac Ranch 12 A Monument of Cars 14 The World’s Largest 16 Nature’s Weird Wonders 20 Honoring Our Presidents 22 Big Big Animals 24 Out-of-Body Oddities 26 A Shared Experience 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32 Words in the glossary appear in bold type the first time they are used in the text CONTENTS
Landmarks are often famous for being historically or Mount Rushmore The Statue of Liberty The Grand Canyon What do these places have in common They’re American landmarks Landmarks are structures objects or features of unusual interest They’re easy to recognize and people love to visit them geographically important But the United States is also full of landmarks that are truly weird In between coasts you’ll find man-made things as odd as the biggest ball of twine and as naturally weird as a desert in the coastal state of Maine But no matter what the landmarks are one thing’s for sure they’re all uniquely American Not Landmark Y our Average The United States has more than 2,500 National Historic Landmarks These are landmarks that represent the history and people of the United States such as San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge and St Louis’s Gateway Arch Some of the landmarks in this book are on this list Others are too weird to make the list 4 Weird from Coast to Coast
The Mystery Spot near Santa Cruz California opened in 1941 It’s one of many weird attractions scattered throughout the United States 5
